may the forces of light beat the living crap out of the forces of darkness

Monday, March 05, 2007

Educational

I am a teaching assistant/substitute at a local k-12 charter school.

I spend MOST of my time with the middle school students (6-8).

This is quite adventurous.

Here are 5 things I saw happen in the last week(ish).

1. An eighth grader who ran into a wall, punching a four foot hole through the plaster.2. A boy licking a stick of deodorant. 3. A boy who wanted to show me just how far he could stick a pencil up his nose.4. A boy who stuck a staple so far into his ear that I couldn't get it back out.5. The principal body checking the PE teacher in order to win a scooter board race.

6 comments:

Why would anyoneever lick deodorant? I could understand the urge to lick something like chapstick or lip gloss or maybe even those awesome markers that smell like fruit (that orange one is AMAZING), but not deodorant. Powder Fresh just never has had the "ooh-that-makes-my-mouth-water" effect on me. It's possible I'm alone on that one.

I spend a lot of time in the high schools now, too...and let me tell you, finding things to laugh at is the best way to make the day go by oh so much faster and more enjoyable! My favorite thing to watch for is burgeoning relationships. Kids are so funny when they try to act like grown ups.

We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.-Jeanette Winterson